We started out by picking up Corey's closest competitor in Salt Lake. He's married but doesn't have kids so we got a pretty good reaction to our car full of kids. I love that Corey and AJ get along so well and sincerely enjoy pushing each other.
The first aide station is at Silver Lake at Deer Valley. It's about 30 miles into the race. In order to get there we had to take the lifts. It's beautiful and fun and the kids thought it was a blast. Corey was about 4th Place Singlespeed at that point. AJ Linnell and Tom Flynn and Quinn Bingham all in front of him.
We were treated to the start of fall leaves and fun swings to swing on. At PCMR (about 50 miles in) Corey was 2nd, a couple minutes behind AJ. He gave me a look like he wasn't feeling it. Corey's parents and our friends the Larkin's came up for the finish. Brittany was the first to see Corey coming in first, way up high on the mountain. This man always amazes me. The longer the race the faster he gets and AJ was nowhere in sight. The past couple of years there has been controversy at the finish of the singlespeed race. It never had anything to do with Corey, but he was there in the front so it lessened the win a bit. This year he won it free and clear of any drama, I'm so happy for him.
AJ and Corey with their favorite recovery drink
Drew and Corey
I tried to capture just how dirty his bike was...not even close.
Hooray Corey!!

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